Hillary Clinton voiced her
sharpest criticism yet of the Senate Republicans' healthcare bill
in a tweet on
Friday afternoon in which she said the GOP would be "the death
party" if they pass their proposed legislation.

Quoting a study of the bill's impact conducted by the liberal
Center for American Progress in conjunction with Harvard
researchers, the former Democratic presidential nominee wrote,
"Forget death panels. If Republicans pass this bill, they're the
death party."

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The
study Clinton shared found that there would be one "excess
death" for every 830 people who lose coverage as a result of the
GOP's Obamacare-replacement legislation. It estimated that the
loss of coverage would result in between 18,000 and about 28,000
deaths in 2026, and about 217,000 excess deaths over the next
decade.

Clinton sent a series of tweets critical of the GOP bill since
the details of the draft legislation were released on Thursday.

In one,
she called on constituents to contact their senators to voice
their concern about the bill. In another she retweeted
a graphic alleging that 39% of children - and 76% of poor
children - rely on Medicaid. She also tweeted
former President Barack Obama's
Facebook post, in which he called the bill a "massive
transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the
richest people in America."